After bombing Lebanon for thirteen months and killing over 4,000 people, Israel is finally allowing Lebanese refugees to return to their homes. On Wednesday of last week, Israel agreed to a ceasefire with Hezbollah, promising to withdraw its forces from the country within 60 days. Historically, Israel has ignored numerous promising ceasefire agreements, and, so far, this deal has proven no exception. Since the announcement last week, Israel has violated the conditions at least one hundred times, killing 11 people, and prompting Hezbollah to strike Israeli military targets in retaliation.
Over this same period, we can somehow still speak of the situation in Gaza as worsening. After 426 days of genocide, Israel continues to rain terror upon the people of Gaza, continuing to expand the already horrifying array of means of destruction at its disposal. Yesterday, Palestinian journalist Hani Mahmoud stated that “we can’t keep up” with the number of attacks on Kamal Adwan Hospital, as quadcopters and drones deliberately targeted medical staff and patients. In the surrounding city of Beit Lahiya, corpses were found lining the streets as Israel attempts to exterminate all Palestinians who remain. Israeli forces have continued to bomb the so-called “safe zone” of al-Mawasi refugee camp, burning people alive. ….more
